Beelzebub 992 (22/02/09)

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This was a welcome distraction on an 11-hour flight to California. I was surprised to manage all but four squares of this one without reference … Read more >>

Beelzebub 991 (15/02/09)

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. A good tough one this week, offering us plenty of obscure words with which to conjur. Happily, I still managed to get most of this … Read more >>

Independent 6,972 by Tees

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This was interesting. We haven’t seen a weekday Tees puzzle for some time, and I certainly have never blogged one. I really struggled to get … Read more >>

Beelzebub 990 (08/02/09)

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. This seemed to come together a little more quickly than in recent weeks, so I’d be interested to hear how other solvers found this. There … Read more >>

Independent 6,965 by Dac

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. After the tougher puzzles we’ve seen from Dac recently, this seemed to come together remarkably quickly. Only the NW corner put up a bit of … Read more >>

Beelzebub 989 (01/02/09)

Hello again, everyone. I’d like to re-introduce Beelzebub to Fifteensquared, as I think it’s a splendid – yet often overlooked – crossword. For the uninitiated, Beelzebub is published in the Independent on Sunday’s … Read more >>

Independent 6,961 by Phi

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. A good, solid puzzle, as one tends to expect from Phi – a setter for whom I have the greatest of admiration. I didn’t find … Read more >>

Independent 6,954 by Nimrod

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Another Nimrod which I found to be heavy going. Perhaps if I were at liberty to spend a lazy afternoon lingering over Nimrod’s puzzles I … Read more >>

Independent 6,946 by Radian

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. Hands up who didn’t foresee a presidential-themed crossword for today? I do tend to enjoy Radian’s outings, and this was no exception. Pretty easy overall, … Read more >>

Independent 6,943 by Nimrod

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. I can’t pretend that Nimrod is my favourite setter. Here, once again, the clueing tends towards brilliance, but becomes gimmicky in places, and then leaves … Read more >>

Independent 6,930 by Mordred

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition. The New Year presents us with an enjoyable puzzle from a less regular setter. There’s some really good clueing in there, and while there were … Read more >>

Independent 6,912 by Dac

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone Hello everyone. This is my first post here, so I hope you’ll forgive any rookie errors. I think neildubya went easy on me, handing me this enjoyable one from … Read more >>